Chapter 1573 He Did It on Purpose!

On the evening of February 12th, Old Trafford Stadium in Manchester, England.

Manchester United hosts Ajax in the first leg of the knockout round of the Champions League round of 16.

Solskjaer stood in front of the coach of the home team on the sidelines full of anxiety, and Manchester United seemed a little passive at the beginning.

This is Solskjaer's strategy, and he wants to start cautiously.

I just didn't expect that Ajax, who showed weakness many times before the game and seemed a little lacking in confidence, actually launched a proactive attack at the beginning of the game, and the whole team adopted a high position to press and press.

This is away, at Old Trafford!

Are Yang Yang and his young team crazy?

Do you really think that the home court of the Premier League giants Manchester United is their home court in the Eredivisie?

There are also guests gathered in the stands of Manchester United tonight, basically all of them came here to stand for Solskjaer.

Ferguson, Gary Neville, Giggs, and even Beckham came back from the United States to watch the game, which made the stands of Manchester United seem to become memories of Class 92, and made Old Trafford fans feel like Excited, more passionate.

But in this case, Solskjaer started cautiously, but Ajax took the initiative.

In just five minutes, Ajax pressed Manchester United near the penalty area. Frenkie de Jong chose to pass a cross to Yang Yang who pulled out to catch the ball. Pull it sideways, and when the left caster gets up, it's a long-range shot.

Yang Yang's long-range arc shot was very sudden, and the angle was also very tricky.

De Gea reacted quickly, flew to save, flicked the ball with one hand, hit the top crossbar, and bounced back into the court.

Although he failed to break through Manchester United's goal, Yang Yang took the lead in the opening game, hitting the crossbar with a long shot, which made all the Manchester United fans in the audience cry out in surprise, and also made the Manchester United players break out in a cold sweat.

Solskjaer stood on the sidelines, sweating all over his back from fear.

If this goal is scored, then Manchester United will be really passive!

"Why did this guy go to Ajax?" Solskjaer cursed inwardly.

But he immediately walked to the sidelines and signaled Matic to get closer to Yang Yang, try to block him, and don't give him such a chance again. At the same time, he also asked Pogba to pay attention to Frankie · De Jong.

According to the statistics of Manchester United's coaching staff and technical analysts, Frankie De Jong is the player with the most passes in the Ajax team and is also the most stable player. He is regarded as the core of the Ajax midfielder .

As long as Frankie De Jong is restricted, Ajax's midfield is bound to be greatly affected.

After hearing Solskjaer's instructions, Matic and Pogba also said that they had heard it.

After the test of the past twelve games, Solskjaer has basically gained a firm foothold in the Manchester United dressing room, and the players basically listen to him, including the team's number one core Pogba.

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Play was quickly restarted after Yang Yang curled a long-range shot that hit United's crossbar.

In response to the adjustments made by Manchester United, Yang Yang on the field reacted very quickly, and Ajax also quickly made targeted arrangements.

Ferguson was sitting in the guest seat in the stands of the Old Trafford Stadium. With his rich coaching experience, he quickly saw some clues, especially when he was condescending and appreciating the game as a bystander. It is even more astute.

"Pogba is a little bit forward, but Matic is relatively behind."

Gary Neville and Giggs were a little taken aback by Ferguson's sudden words, and they were all thinking about the meaning of the words, but soon Ferguson himself explained the reason.

"We also have three midfielders. Pogba is too far forward, and Matic is dragged to the back. Herrera cannot fill such a big vacancy by himself. There is a risk of disconnection in the midfield."

What Ferguson said, Gary Neville and Giggs suddenly realized.

"This has to be cautious. Both Frankie De Jong and Ndombele have strong ability to push in and drive the ball. Once the midfielder is out of touch and turns from offense to defense, the midfielder will be very dangerous."

It happened to see that Manchester United launched a quick attack, Pogba forcibly broke through Frankie De Jong's defense, and forcibly broke through to the left side of Ajax's penalty area by passing the ball.

Tagliafico returned to his position in time, but was still forced to break through by Pogba. He dribbled the ball from the baseline into the penalty area and made a pass. Onana firmly intercepted the ball, which avoided a crisis.

This seems to be a Manchester United attack to create a threat, and Pogba played bravely, but in fact, combined with what Ferguson said just now, it also proves that Pogba is too far forward, because he almost regards himself as a right winger .

With Sanchez not starting, Manchester United does not have a too strong right winger.

"The most terrible thing is Yang Yang, he runs too well!" Ferguson began to frown tightly.

Obviously, he was aware of Yang Yang's potential threat.

"He is always pulling Matic and Herrera intentionally or unintentionally. This is not like his style, because he is already thirty-two years old, and his speed and breakthrough are not dominant. It is reasonable to say that he should go to the less crowded. area to run, but he won't!"

"You mean...he did it on purpose?" Giggs responded the fastest.

Gary Neville also quickly realized, "He is going to use himself as a bait to attract the attention of the defense, and then let his players attack our defense."

On the pitch, Manchester United quickly planned another attack.

Ashley Young quickly advanced to the right side of the Ajax penalty area, got the ball and passed it diagonally into the penalty area.

Militan overpowered Rashford, grabbed the first spot, made a header clearance, and destroyed a Manchester United attack.

At first glance, they entered the restricted area again, which seemed to create a dangerous situation.

But in fact, such an attack has no threat at all.

This also made Ferguson, Gary Neville and Giggs all start to look worried.

"This team's high press is too difficult. Solskjaer started too cautiously and took the initiative to give up the advantage. Now the ball and rhythm are in the hands of Ajax. We seem to have a certain advantage. In fact No threat."

"But as long as we are a little careless, the opponent may penetrate our midfield at any time."

Sure enough, before Ferguson finished speaking, Ajax created an attack.

Frenkie de Jong dragged in a very deep position, got the ball and sent a long pass, which was quickly passed to the right behind the Manchester United defense. Sancho advanced very fast and penetrated the Manchester United defense. After getting the ball on the right side of the penalty area, he tried to pass the ball back to the center to cooperate with teammate Jovic, but was blocked by Manchester United left back Luke Shaw.

Ajax's subsequent corner kick also failed to create a threat, and it seemed that there was too much thunder and little rain.

But after this attack, Pogba's position was obviously higher, especially when Ajax had the ball.

His task is to suppress Frankie de Jong. When the Ajax midfield kept retreating, Pogba naturally pressed forward, and gradually, the midfield area was opened. neutral.

The wider the gap was, the more serious the faces of Ferguson and others became.

It's just that the fans at Old Trafford were very excited, because they saw the team's performance was very active and they repeatedly made threats. It seemed that they had continued the good state of the past twelve unbeaten games.

It seems that it is only a matter of time before Ajax's goal is broken tonight!

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Yang Yang is not conservative at all, he still uses a high position to press and oppress, but in terms of details, he still arranges it very well.

The essence of football tactics lies in the details.

When he realized that Pogba was inadvertently playing higher up the pitch, he began to realize the opportunity.

Just because there is a chance, doesn't mean it will appear immediately.

So Yang Yang waited patiently.

Until the twenty-seventh minute.

During this period of time, Manchester United scored twice into the Ajax penalty area, but they still failed to create a threat.

But in the eyes of outsiders, this is a sign that the Red Devils are getting closer to scoring.

At the moment when all Manchester United fans were waiting for the goal, Ajax intercepted the ball in midfield, and Ndombele took the initiative to fight close to Pogba while he was holding the ball.

The two French midfielders have very strong bodies. After a little contact, Pogba and Ndombele both fell to the ground. The Manchester United midfielder signaled to the referee that Ndombele fouled, but the referee The referee ignored it.

After Frankie de Jong grabbed the ball, he missed the whistle and immediately passed forward.

Yang Yang ran over to meet him, and after getting the ball, he turned around and led it forward.

Matic leaned over for the first time, and Herrera was also facing a big enemy, all his attention was on Yang Yang.

But when everyone was waiting for Yang Yang's next move, he suddenly passed the ball to Neres.

The Brazilian left winger stopped the ball and cut in. After throwing away Ashley Young, he sent a through ball behind him.

Jovic succeeded in anti-offside, rushed into the penalty area first, and shot directly without stopping the ball.

De Gea reacted quickly and tried to block it, but it turned out to be a step slower.

The ball passed by De Gea's side and went straight into Manchester United's goal.

"GOALLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLL!!!!!!"

"Counterattack goal from Ajax!"

"Luka Jovic!"

"He calmly seized this one-handed opportunity and opened the scoring for Ajax!"

"From the slow-motion replay, we can see that Yang Yang passed the ball to Neres under the attack of two Manchester United midfielders."

"The Brazilian cut in with the ball, broke through Ashley Young and passed it straight behind him. Jovic quickly countered offside and successfully scored with a single-handed shot. Ajax's continuous cooperation outside the penalty area was very tacit. .”

"Obviously, this was a tactic that Ajax had practiced before the game."

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From Pogba's forward pressure to Yang Yang's retreat, pulling out Matic, attracting Herrera, and then passing to the front of the penalty area, when Neres cut inside, there was no defensive player at the front of Manchester United's penalty area.

This is the opportunity Yang Yang wants to create!

Even if he didn't score a goal himself, his players were able to seize the opportunity to score!

This is his tactical value!

At the same time, it is also the tactical goal he wants to achieve!